Rein-holder



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' I D. E. PLATTER.

REIN HOLDER. Y

110,262,114. Patented Aug-1,1882.

Nite States PATENT Fierce.

DAVID E. PIATTER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,114, dated August 1 1882.

Application tiled June 10, 1882.

Fig. Fig. 4 is a section on line y y, Figs. 2 and 5. Fig. 5 is a view from the rear of the cross-head.

In the drawings, A represents a dash-board of a buggy orearriage, to which the rein-holder can be attached. It is fastened in place by means of a clamp having a plate, B, to bear against the outside ofthe dash-board, aplate, B', to bear against the inside, a connectingpart, B2, and a sleeve or socket-piece, B3, these parts being all east in one piece of metal. After the support consisting ofthese parts has been put in place on the dash-board it is securely clamped by means of set-screws C G passing through the inner plate, B', and bean ing` against the board.

The rein-holder is formed of a rod of metal bent or shaped to have the vertical part D, the forwardly-extending part D', and a short upardly-extending part, D2. By means ot' the part D itis monntedin the above-described clamp, said part D being passed through the sleeve or socket-piece B3. Below the socket there is a collar, E, provided with a set-screw, E', by means of which the rein-holder is pre` vented from being drawn upward too far. Above the socket there is another collar, F, and set-screws F', whereby the holder is supported. This supporting-collar F is also utilized to limit the horizontal movements of the (No model.)

rein-holder. Itis provided with two shoulders,ff', arranged to engage with a stop, f2, carried by the clamping-plates or by the socket-piece. The shouldersfand f' should be far enough apart to allow the rein-holderto be swung out ofthe way when occasion requires.

O is a cross-head loosely mounted on the upper end ofthe inner part, D2, of the holder. It is provided with eyes gg at the ends, through which the reins pass, and in which they are supported at the center by a pivot, 7L, formed on the end of the part D2. This permits it to swing in either direction sufficiently for it Vto accommodate itself to the variations in the positions of the reins caused by the movements of the horse or otherwise. The movement is limited hy means of a stop, t', carried by the part D2, and shoulders or projections i' t" on the cross-head.

What I claim is- 1. In a rein-holder, the combination of the clamping-plates B B' with the socket B3, and the swinging rod having the part I), mounted loosely in the socket, the collars E and F, and the stopfz, substantially as set forth.

2. In a rein-holder, the combination of the clamping-plates B B', having the socket B3, the vertically-adjustable swinging holder, the collar E below the socket B3, the collar F above the socket, and provided with shoulders, and the stopfz, arranged to engage with said shoulders, substantially as set forth.

3. In a rein-holder, the combination, with the clamp and the cross-head C, of the holder having 'the adjustable part D and the partDZ, pivotally connected wit'n the cross-head.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

DAVID E. PLATTEN. Witnesses:

J. P. FAwoE'r'r, HENRY FISHER. 

